Lamp-bracket.



F. J. SEARS.

LAMP BRACKET. APPLIUATION FILED MAY 15, 1911. 7 1,001,897. Patented Aug.29, 1911.

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FRED T. SEAR-S, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS.

. LAMP-BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1911.

Application filed May 15, 1911. Serial No, 627,198.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED J. SEARS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Aurora,

in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Lamp-Brackets; and I do declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to lamps, and more especially to those that areportable; and the object of the same is to provide an improved bracketand handle on a light lamp so that the latter might be held by hand ifdesired, or could be carried under an automobile or into small spacesand attached to a horizontal member or one which stands nearlyhorizontal, thus leaving the workman with both hands free. This objectis accom v plished by the construction hereinafter more fully describedand claimed, and as shown in the drawings wherein Figure 1 is a sideelevation of this improved lamp, parts broken away; Fig. 2 is a frontelevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a rear elevation; Fig. 4 is a detailperspective View of the plate removed; Fig. 5 is a similar view of thebracket removed from the plate; Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view ofthe handle.

In the drawings the lamp proper is shown as composed of a metallic shellS having a lens L in its front and a chimney or outlet C at its top, andwithin said shell stands the burner B which is fed with acetylene orother gas through a rubber hose R that communicates with a nipple N, andis con trolled by a valve V of any approved type. The details of theconstruction of the lamp body and its burner are unimportant, save thatit should be light and small so as to be portable, and of course it hasno reservolr for oil or other fluid as the gas is furnlshed by a distantgenerator and led to the burner through the rubber hose R.

Coming now more particularly to the present invention, the numeral .5designates a flat upright plate secured across the back ofthe shell Sand extending downward behind the same and having its lower end fixedrather wide and out OK straight so as to afford feet 6 upon which thelamp may rest when it stands on some fiat support like a bench; and theupper end of this plate may curve over the chimney into a guard 7 and besecured to the top of the shell as by rivets 8. Cut out of this plateand bent to the rear are two ears 9 having through them eyes 10 intowhich are sprung the extremities of a handle 11, the same being hereinshown as comprising a coil 12 at its upper portion into which the fingermight be hooked and from which depends one extremity 13, while the otherextremity of the upright portion 11 is bent forward and upward andsprung into the lowermost ear 9 from beneath it. This handle should beof stout wire and rather resilient so that at times it can be removed ifit is in the way. The angle 15 where the lower extremity is bent upwardrests beneath the lowermost ear 9 and supports the weight of this lampwhich is not excessive. The entire handle is by preference pivoted sothat it may be swung to one side if necessary.

Formed integral with and projecting laterally from one edge of saidplate 5 is an arm 20 best seen in Fig. 3, and riveted tightly thereto at2lyet not too tight to permit it to turn-is a bracket 22 which is givena twist at 23 and projects normally to one side of the lamp body, itsouter portion being pierced with a threaded hole through which takes anupright screw 2d. Loosely surrounding the screw above the bracket 22 isa plate or clamp 25, and loosely surrounding the screw between saidplate and the head or thumb piece 26 thereof is an ex pansive spring 27pressing the plate normally toward the bracket as will be clear. Theexpansive force of this spring is intended to be sufficient to cause theplate or clamp 25 to rest normally upon the bracket 22 although it canbe sprung away from it sufliciently to allow this device to he slippedover the edge of some thin member such as a fender or mud-guard; andobviously the screw can be adjusted to increase or decrease the force ofthe spring. If the adjacent object be rather thick, such as the edge ofa horizontal board, the screw will be withdrawn from the bracket 22 to aconsiderable extent so that the plate or clamp 25 is not normally sonear said bracket, and then these two elements can be sprung apart andslipped over the edge of the board, after which the screw may betightened up again. If the adjacent object be not strictly horizontal,the entire device can be adjusted up or down as seen in dotted lines inFig. 3,

and it is quite within the possibilities of this invention that thebracket could be vertically disposed with relation to the lateral arm 20although this view does not show it.

Thus it will be seen that I have devised a simple lamp bracket includingan upright plate which forms a foot for supporting the lamp as when itstands on a table or other fiat support, a handle for carrying the lampin the hand, and a clamp for supporting the lamp from the edge of someadjacent object. The sizes,sl1apes, proportions and materials of partsare not essential, and considerable change in details may be madewithout departing from the principle involved.

hat is claimed as new is:

1. The herein described lamp bracketconsisting of an upright platesecured to the back of the lamp-body and curving over its chimney into aguard, the lower end of said plate being wide and straight and forming afoot and its body having ears cut therefrom and deflected to the rearand pierced with eyes, a handle whose extremities are mounted in saideyes, a lateral arm projecting from said plate, and a bracket propercarried by said arm.

2. The herein described lamp bracket consisting of an upright platesecured to the back of the lamp-body, the lower end of said Copies ofthis patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing theCommissioner of Patents Washington, D. C.

plate forming afoot and its body having ears deflected to the rear andpierced with eyes, a handle whose extremities are mounted in said eyes,a lateral arm projecting from said plate, and a clamp consisting of abracket pivotally mounted on said arm with some degree of friction and aclai'nping plate adjustable with relation to said bracket.

3. In a lamp bracket, the combination with an upright plate secured tothe back of the lamp-body and having a laterally projecting arm; of thebracket proper comprising a metallic strip riveted to said arm with somedegree of friction and having a twist in its body so that its outer endstands in a plane at right angles to said arm, said outer end beingpierced with a hole, a screw engaging said hole, a clamp plate mountedloosely on the screw between the bracket and the head of said screw, andan expansive spring coiled on said screw between said plate and head. 7

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

FRED J. SEARS. "Witnesses:

J. O. DUKES, C. L. MOMBLEAU.

